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"George W. Bush" |
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08 Nov 2004 10:02:29 PM |
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Calling on Christian God to Help Slaughter Iraqi Babies |
Marines turn to God ahead of anticipated Fallujah battle
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041106/lf_afp/iraq_fallujah_church_041106183348
NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - With US forces massing outside Fallujah,
35 marines swayed to Christian rock music and asked Jesus Christ to
protect them in what could be the biggest battle since American troops
invaded Iraq (news - web sites) last year.
Men with buzzcuts and clad in their camouflage waved their hands in
the air, M-16 assault rifles laying beside them, and chanted heavy
metal-flavoured lyrics in praise of Christ late Friday in a
yellow-brick chapel.
They counted among thousands of troops surrounding the city of
Fallujah, seeking solace as they awaited Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad
Allawi's decision on whether or not to invade Fallujah.
"You are the sovereign. You're name is holy. You are the pure spotless
lamb," a female voice cried out on the loudspeakers as the marines
clapped their hands and closed their eyes, reflecting on what lay
ahead for them.
The US military, with many soldiers coming from the conservative
American south and midwest, has deep Christian roots.
In times that fighting looms, many soldiers draw on their evangelical
or born-again heritage to help them face the battle.
"It's always comforting. Church attendance is always up before the big
push," said First Sergeant Miles Thatford.
"Sometimes, all you've got is God."
Between the service's electric guitar religious tunes, marines stepped
up on the chapel's small stage and recited a verse of scripture, meant
to fortify them for war.
One spoke of their Old Testament hero, a shepherd who would become
Israel's king, battling the Philistines some 3,000 years ago.
"Thus David prevailed over the Philistines," the marine said, reading
from scripture, and the marines shouted back "Hoorah, King David,"
using their signature grunt of approval.
The marines drew parallels from the verse with their present
situation, where they perceive themselves as warriors fighting
barbaric men opposed to all that is good in the world.
"Victory belongs to the Lord," another young marine read.
Their chaplain, named Horne, told the worshippers they were stationed
outside Fallujah to bring the Iraqis "freedom from oppression, rape,
torture and murder ... We ask you God to bless us in that effort."
The marines then lined up and their chaplain blessed them with holy
oil to protect them.
"God's people would be annointed with oil," the chaplain said, as he
lightly dabbed oil on the marines' foreheads.
The crowd then followed him outside their small auditorium for a
baptism of about a half-dozen marines who had just found Christ.
The young men lined up and at least three of them stripped down to
their shorts.
The three laid down in a rubber dinghy filled with water and the
chaplain's assistant, Navy corpsman Richard Vaughn, plunged their
heads beneath the surface.
Smiling, Vaughn baptised them "in the name of the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit."
Dripping wet, Corporal Keith Arguelles beamed after his baptism.
"I just wanted to make sure I did this before I headed into the
fight," he said on the military base not far from the city of
Fallujah.
I'm George W. Bush, and I approve of this message.
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| User: "Witziges Rätsel" |
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| Title: Re: Calling on Christian God to Help Slaughter Iraqi Babies |
09 Nov 2004 07:31:14 AM |
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Do atheists enlist in the military?
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: Calling on Christian God to Help Slaughter Iraqi Babies |
09 Nov 2004 07:32:59 AM |
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"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote in message
news:cmqhqh$1oa$1@news.chatlink.com...
Do atheists enlist in the military?
Sure, why do you ask?
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Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
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| User: "George W. Bush" |
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| Title: Re: Calling on Christian God to Help Slaughter Iraqi Babies |
09 Nov 2004 09:42:34 AM |
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"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote:
Do atheists enlist in the military?
I can't tell whether you're an idiot or asking an honet question.
Marines turn to God ahead of anticipated Fallujah battle
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041106/lf_afp/iraq_fallujah_church_041106183348
NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - With US forces massing outside Fallujah,
35 marines swayed to Christian rock music and asked Jesus Christ to
protect them in what could be the biggest battle since American troops
invaded Iraq (news - web sites) last year.
Men with buzzcuts and clad in their camouflage waved their hands in
the air, M-16 assault rifles laying beside them, and chanted heavy
metal-flavoured lyrics in praise of Christ late Friday in a
yellow-brick chapel.
They counted among thousands of troops surrounding the city of
Fallujah, seeking solace as they awaited Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad
Allawi's decision on whether or not to invade Fallujah.
"You are the sovereign. You're name is holy. You are the pure spotless
lamb," a female voice cried out on the loudspeakers as the marines
clapped their hands and closed their eyes, reflecting on what lay
ahead for them.
The US military, with many soldiers coming from the conservative
American south and midwest, has deep Christian roots.
In times that fighting looms, many soldiers draw on their evangelical
or born-again heritage to help them face the battle.
"It's always comforting. Church attendance is always up before the big
push," said First Sergeant Miles Thatford.
"Sometimes, all you've got is God."
Between the service's electric guitar religious tunes, marines stepped
up on the chapel's small stage and recited a verse of scripture, meant
to fortify them for war.
One spoke of their Old Testament hero, a shepherd who would become
Israel's king, battling the Philistines some 3,000 years ago.
"Thus David prevailed over the Philistines," the marine said, reading
from scripture, and the marines shouted back "Hoorah, King David,"
using their signature grunt of approval.
The marines drew parallels from the verse with their present
situation, where they perceive themselves as warriors fighting
barbaric men opposed to all that is good in the world.
"Victory belongs to the Lord," another young marine read.
Their chaplain, named Horne, told the worshippers they were stationed
outside Fallujah to bring the Iraqis "freedom from oppression, rape,
torture and murder ... We ask you God to bless us in that effort."
The marines then lined up and their chaplain blessed them with holy
oil to protect them.
"God's people would be annointed with oil," the chaplain said, as he
lightly dabbed oil on the marines' foreheads.
The crowd then followed him outside their small auditorium for a
baptism of about a half-dozen marines who had just found Christ.
The young men lined up and at least three of them stripped down to
their shorts.
The three laid down in a rubber dinghy filled with water and the
chaplain's assistant, Navy corpsman Richard Vaughn, plunged their
heads beneath the surface.
Smiling, Vaughn baptised them "in the name of the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit."
Dripping wet, Corporal Keith Arguelles beamed after his baptism.
"I just wanted to make sure I did this before I headed into the
fight," he said on the military base not far from the city of
Fallujah.
I'm George W. Bush, and I approve of this message.
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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| Title: Re: Calling on Christian God to Help Slaughter Iraqi Babies |
09 Nov 2004 10:13:52 AM |
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on 09 Nov 2004 in alt.atheism, George W. Bush dropped trou, farted,
whirled, then shouted:
Do atheists enlist in the military?
I can't tell whether you're an idiot or asking an honet question.
Perhaps you need to learn the difference.
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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The whole foundation of Christianity is based on the idea that
intellectualism is the work of the Devil. Remember the apple on the tree?
Okay, it was the Tree of Knowledge. "You eat this apple, you're going to be
as smart as God. We can't have that."
[Frank Zappa]
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| User: "George W. Bush" |
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| Title: Re: Calling on Christian God to Help Slaughter Iraqi Babies |
09 Nov 2004 08:23:24 PM |
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Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote:
on 09 Nov 2004 in alt.atheism, George W. Bush dropped trou, farted,
whirled, then shouted:
Do atheists enlist in the military?
I can't tell whether you're an idiot or asking an honet question.
Perhaps you need to learn the difference.
Perhaps the people like you shouldn't post to Usenet.
I'm George W. Bush, and I approve of this message.
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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| Title: Re: Calling on Christian God to Help Slaughter Iraqi Babies |
09 Nov 2004 08:32:40 PM |
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On 09 Nov 2004, George W. Bush dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote:
on 09 Nov 2004 in alt.atheism, George W. Bush dropped trou, farted,
whirled, then shouted:
Do atheists enlist in the military?
I can't tell whether you're an idiot or asking an honet question.
Perhaps you need to learn the difference.
Perhaps the people like you shouldn't post to Usenet.
Awww, then what fun would we have?
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Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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| User: "Harry F. Leopold" |
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| Title: Re: Calling on Christian God to Help Slaughter Iraqi Babies |
09 Nov 2004 01:19:50 PM |
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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 07:31:14 -0600, Witziges Rätsel wrote
(in article <cmqhqh$1oa$1@news.chatlink.com>):
Do atheists enlist in the military?
I did, US Navy, 1972 through 1977.
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Harry F. Leopold
aa #2076
AA/Vet #4
The Prints of Darkness
(remove gene to email)
³Head up my *****, indeed. I mean look! I can see the Islets of Langerhans from
here!"--Uncle Dollar Bill
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| User: "Carl Kaufmann" |
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| Title: Re: Calling on Christian God to Help Slaughter Iraqi Babies |
09 Nov 2004 01:55:28 PM |
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George W. Bush wrote:
Marines turn to God ahead of anticipated Fallujah battle
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041106/lf_afp/iraq_fallujah_church_041106183348
NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - With US forces massing outside Fallujah,
35 marines swayed to Christian rock music and asked Jesus Christ to
protect them in what could be the biggest battle since American troops
invaded Iraq (news - web sites) last year.
Men with buzzcuts and clad in their camouflage waved their hands in
the air, M-16 assault rifles laying beside them, and chanted heavy
metal-flavoured lyrics in praise of Christ late Friday in a
yellow-brick chapel.
They counted among thousands of troops surrounding the city of
Fallujah, seeking solace as they awaited Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad
Allawi's decision on whether or not to invade Fallujah.
"You are the sovereign. You're name is holy. You are the pure spotless
lamb," a female voice cried out on the loudspeakers as the marines
clapped their hands and closed their eyes, reflecting on what lay
ahead for them.
The US military, with many soldiers coming from the conservative
American south and midwest, has deep Christian roots.
In times that fighting looms, many soldiers draw on their evangelical
or born-again heritage to help them face the battle.
"It's always comforting. Church attendance is always up before the big
push," said First Sergeant Miles Thatford.
"Sometimes, all you've got is God."
Take away his body armour and M-16, _then_ all he have is God.
Between the service's electric guitar religious tunes, marines stepped
up on the chapel's small stage and recited a verse of scripture, meant
to fortify them for war.
One spoke of their Old Testament hero, a shepherd who would become
Israel's king, battling the Philistines some 3,000 years ago.
"Thus David prevailed over the Philistines," the marine said, reading
from scripture, and the marines shouted back "Hoorah, King David,"
using their signature grunt of approval.
The marines drew parallels from the verse with their present
situation, where they perceive themselves as warriors fighting
barbaric men opposed to all that is good in the world.
"Victory belongs to the Lord," another young marine read.
Their chaplain, named Horne, told the worshippers they were stationed
outside Fallujah to bring the Iraqis "freedom from oppression, rape,
torture and murder ... We ask you God to bless us in that effort."
The Iraqis are doubtlessly asking Allah for the same thing.
The marines then lined up and their chaplain blessed them with holy
oil to protect them.
See above comment about body armour.
"God's people would be annointed with oil," the chaplain said, as he
lightly dabbed oil on the marines' foreheads.
The crowd then followed him outside their small auditorium for a
baptism of about a half-dozen marines who had just found Christ.
The young men lined up and at least three of them stripped down to
their shorts.
The three laid down in a rubber dinghy filled with water and the
chaplain's assistant, Navy corpsman Richard Vaughn, plunged their
heads beneath the surface.
Smiling, Vaughn baptised them "in the name of the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit."
Dripping wet, Corporal Keith Arguelles beamed after his baptism.
"I just wanted to make sure I did this before I headed into the
fight," he said on the military base not far from the city of
Fallujah.
I'm George W. Bush, and I approve of this message.
--
EAC Liar, Damned Liar, and Statistician
alt.atheist #1966
"Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient
citizenship as the ability to read and write." - H.G. Wells
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: Calling on Christian God to Help Slaughter Iraqi Babies |
09 Nov 2004 08:11:27 AM |
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 04:02:29 GMT, (George W.
Bush) wrote:
Marines turn to God ahead of anticipated Fallujah battle
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041106/lf_afp/iraq_fallujah_church_041106183348
NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - With US forces massing outside Fallujah,
35 marines swayed to Christian rock music and asked Jesus Christ to
protect them in what could be the biggest battle since American troops
invaded Iraq (news - web sites) last year.
Men with buzzcuts and clad in their camouflage waved their hands in
the air, M-16 assault rifles laying beside them, and chanted heavy
metal-flavoured lyrics in praise of Christ late Friday in a
yellow-brick chapel.
Both scary and stupid. They're slaughtering for God, in a crusade -
using the dark ages meaning.
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| User: "The Last Liberal" |
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| Title: Re: Calling on Christian God to Help Slaughter Iraqi Babies |
09 Nov 2004 06:11:57 PM |
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 04:02:29 GMT, (George W.
Bush) wrote:
Marines turn to God ahead of anticipated Fallujah battle
Golly! Just like their victims did.
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"Terrorism" isn't the enemy: George W Bush is!
http://lastliberal.org
Voting Republican makes baby Jesus cry!
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